ACLU learns of third 'secret' torture memo from Gonzales' office

[kpete]

ACLU learns of third 'secret' torture memo from Gonzales' office
RAW STORY
Published: Tuesday November 6, 2007



Legal papers filed in federal court Monday in a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union and other organizations disclose that the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) issued three secret memorandums relating to interrogation practices of detainees -- one more than has been publicly revealed.

The New York Times revealed two memoranda authored in 2005 relating to "harsh interrogation" of prisoners held by the CIA. One explicitly authorized interrogators to use combinations of psychological “enhanced” interrogation practices including waterboarding, head slapping, and stress positions. The second declared that none of the CIA’s interrogation methods violated a law being considered by Congress that outlawed “cruel, inhuman and degrading” treatment.

More details in a press release sent by the ACLU Tuesday afternoon follow.

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“OLC has reviewed its opinions from that time frame and has determined that there were in fact three opinions issued to CIA relating to the interrogation of detainees in CIA custody … Two of the opinions were issued on May 10, 2005 … The third was issued on May 30, 2005 ... OLC has not located any legal opinions issued to CIA from January 31, 2005 through May 9, 2005 that relate to the interrogation of detainees in CIA custody.”

more at:
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/ACLU_learns_of_third_secret_torture_1106.html

[tekisui]

1. Open and shut case, right?

[Spazito]

2. Very interesting, the number of memos continues to grow...

Thanks for posting this.

Recommended.

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. War CRIMES have been commited in our name

yet we refuse to impeach.

But, a President was impeached for a sexual affair.

Boggles the mind, doesn't it?